Tmsat

Thai micro satellite, also called Thai-Paht 1, TO-31

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General

Designation	25396 / 98043C
Launch date	10 Jul 1998
Country of origin	Thailand
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	821 km sun-synchronous orbit
Inclination	110°
Period	90 minutes
Launch vehicle	Zenit

Was built by Thai engineers at the University of Surrey in Britain and it will operate in a low-earth orbit to monitor forest fires and water pollution and forecast weather.

TMSAT is under funding by The Thai Micro Satellite Company Co.,Ltd.(TMSC), that is a new joint venture between Mahanakorn University of Technology (MUT) and Thai Satellite Telecommunication (TSC) of Bangkok, Thailand.
Cost: $9.8 million

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External resources

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/EE/CSER/UOSAT/missions/tmsat/

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	SSTL
Platform
Mass at launch	150 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

TMSAT has a downlink on 436.925 MHz, uplink on 145.925 MHz, both at 9600 bps FSK

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